IWIRC Program: Ethical Issues, Rules and Pitfalls in Bankruptcy Law

This panel discusses bankruptcy law ethics issues, including the applicability of the attorney/client privilege after conversion of a chapter 11 case to a case under chapter 7, who the client is when a CRO has been appointed, the extent of the attorney/client privilege when debtor’s counsel is subpoenaed for information in a chapter 15 case, chapter 13 filings when the client is unable to fund the attorneys’ fees for a chapter 7, and bifurcation of consumer chapter 7 fees.